Hasora anura explained

Hasora anura, the slate awl,^{[1] [2]} is a species of hesperid butterfly found in Asia. In India it is found in Sikkim and the Khasi Hills.

Range

In India the butterfly ranges from Mussoorie eastwards to Sikkim, the Shan states in Myanmar, Thailand, south-west and central China (Yunnan).^{[1] [3]}

The type locality is Sikkim.^[1]

Status

William Harry Evans (1932) described the species as rare.^[3]

Description

Edward Yerbury Watson (1891) ^[4] gives a detailed description, shown below:

See also

• Coeliadinae
• Hesperiidae
• List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae)
• List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)

References

Print

• Book: William Harry Evans

. Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 .

• Book: Kunte, Krushnamegh . Butterflies of Peninsular India . India, A Lifescape . Hyderabad, India . Universities Press . 2000 . 978-8173713545 .
• Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae. Vest and Co. Madras.
• Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth

. Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329 .

Online

• Web site: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) . Beccaloni . George . Scoble . Malcolm . Kitching . Ian . Simonsen . Thomas . Robinson . Gaden . Pitkin . Brian . Hine . Adrian . Lyal . Chris . Natural History Museum, London . 2016-10-15 .
• Brower, Andrew V. Z., (2007). Hasora Moore 1881. Version 21 February 2007 (under construction). Page on genus Hasora in The Tree of Life Web Project http://tolweb.org/.
• Web site: Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera .

Notes and References

1. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Hasora.
2. TOL web page on genus Hasora
3. Book: William Harry Evans

   . Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 . 314, ser no I1.6 .

4. Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae. Vest and Co. Madras.